VIDEO: Toowoomba officer mowed down in 'deliberate' act

UPDATE: A HIGHLY-RESPECTED and experienced Toowoomba police officer will be off duty for at least six weeks after narrowly avoiding severe injuries in a "callous" incident last night.

Darling Downs Detective Inspector Lew Strohfeldt has hit out at what he called a rising trend in police officers just doing their job being deliberately injured or targeted by offenders.

His comments follow a series of incidents in Toowoomba last night which began in Mount Lofty and ended with a Road Policing Unit sergeant left badly injured on the side of a road.

"We are very thankful that he is not more seriously injured and it was extremely fortunate we're not looking at either a severely injured officer, or even a dead officer," Detective Inspector Strohfeldt said.

A police motorbike damaged in an incident that left a male sergeant from the Road Policing Command with a dislocated shoulder, rib, hand and ankle injuries, Thursday, January 24, 2019.Kevin Farmer

"That's how bad it is, or could have been."

The sergeant suffered a dislocated shoulder, and injuries to his right arm and ankle after an alleged stolen vehicle did a U-turn and drove towards him on Greenwattle St.

Police will allege the driver deliberately hit the officer, leaving him injured on the side of the road, and fled.
"This seems to be getting more prevalent … in relation to people wanting to drive at police officers deliberately," Detective Inspector Strohfeldt said.